NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Santa Ana, CA

8,904 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Santa Ana, 18th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,625, 18% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 5 of 179.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Santa Ana

  1. Behavior Technician1,625
  2. Mental Health Counselor684
  3. Marriage & Family Therapist678
  4. Clinical Social Worker433
  5. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor407
  6. Registered Nurse281
  7. Counselor247
  8. Social Worker216

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Santa Ana in California

  • Rank in California18th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.9% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups33.5% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Santa Ana has 12.5× the state's share of community health registered nurse records and 0.50× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Santa Ana, alphabetically

  1. Toni Alvarado, RNRegistered Nurse1902238983
  2. Susan Alvarado Ruiz, RNCommunity Health Registered Nurse1508783218
  3. Michael Alvarado-RuizAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1730909284
  4. Jenny Alvarenga, BAMental Health Counselor1336326578
  5. Adriana AlvarezCommunity Health Worker1376318097
  6. Alva AlvarezSchool Social Worker1972833556
  7. Anadina Alvarez, AMFTMental Health Counselor1740012905
  8. Christian AlvarezBehavior Technician1457134264
  9. Desiree AlvarezMarriage & Family Therapist1083282313
  10. Diane AlvarezBehavior Technician1063122455
  11. Elizabeth AlvarezCounselor1548383102
  12. Guillermo AlvarezCommunity Health Worker1447039318
  13. Jessica AlvarezCounselor1598054546
  14. Judy AlvarezCounselor1538349311
  15. Karen AlvarezMental Health Counselor1679029532
  16. Laura AlvarezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1578087946
  17. Mariah AlvarezBehavior Technician1275395048
  18. Roxana AlvarezClinical Social Worker1952084691
  19. Wendy AlvarezMental Health Counselor1720694128
  20. Zaira Alvarez, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANBehavior Technician1457067639
  21. Paula Alvarez DiazBehavior Technician1407563505
  22. Jose Alvarez Godinez, HCAAttendant Care Provider1942950084
  23. Yoselin Alvarez PerezBehavior Technician1003437773
  24. Jose Alvarez SolisMarriage & Family Therapist1821865692
  25. Dulce AlvarranBehavior Technician1346886389
  26. Gabriel AlvesBehavior Technician1598225302
  27. Diana Alvizo, PACFamily Medicine Physician1760180970
  28. Mary Alvo, AMFT, APCCMarriage & Family Therapist1376204461
  29. Adrian Amador GodoyAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1801365960
  30. Christopher AmannBehavior Technician1275423980
  31. Heather Amante, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1386937035
  32. Merilin AmarillasBehavior Technician1528845146
  33. Marcia Amaya, MSMarriage & Family Therapist1134256613
  34. Ruth AmayaCounselor1083206221
  35. Darlene Amaya-McDonald, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1346349263
  36. Hazel AmbrizBehavior Technician1396219473
  37. Gemma AmbroseBehavior Technician1790320133
  38. Karen AmbrosioClinical Social Worker1679300495
  39. Emily AmezquitaBehavior Technician1184397325
  40. Arthur AmidonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1144885823
  41. Shadi Amin, D.C.Occupational Health Chiropractor1215085477
  42. Vanisha AminPhysical Therapist1255934493
  43. Farnaz Amini, DMDDentist1851724629
  44. Samira Amini, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1326144403
  45. Christina Amiot, PSYDClinical Psychologist1770104465
  46. Shiva Amirkhalili, RADTAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1316615289
  47. Mojgan Amirkhan, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1508936907
  48. Christine AmogRehabilitation Practitioner1588443295
  49. Noor Amra, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1639336365
  50. Alejandra AnacletoMental Health Counselor1700576923

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. San Francisco38,143
  4. Sacramento33,083
  5. San Jose20,925

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How to read this directory

Santa Ana, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 8,904 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Santa Ana - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Santa Ana practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Santa Ana is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,625 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 684 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 678). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to California's population, Santa Ana reports roughly 22.9 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

Of California's most common specialties, Internal Medicine Physician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Santa Ana practice address, a coverage gap Santa Ana patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Santa Ana patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Santa Ana, CA?

There are 8,904 registered healthcare providers in Santa Ana, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Santa Ana?

The most common specialties in Santa Ana are Behavior Technician, Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,625.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.